Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 651.78028557585 EAN: 9780764571374 ISBN: 0764571370 Label: For Dummies Manufacturer: For Dummies Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: June 04, 2004 Publisher: For Dummies Sales Rank: 26090 Studio: For Dummies
Product DescriptionWould you read information presented like this?
No. It’s just not natural. Sometimes presentation is almost as important as content. When you create a report, the goal is to provide information for readers in a format they can readily understand.
Crystal Reports 10 For Dummies, the latest version of the most popular report writer in the world, shows you how to create simple or sophisticated reports, turning data into interactive, actionable reports that convey what’s happening in your business. You can progress cover-to-cover or use the index to find out how to:
Give your reports more pizzazz by using the correct fonts, color, drop shadows, graphic elements, and more
Integrate elements from multiple, non-database sources
Group sort, total result sets, cross-tab reports, and add formulas, charts, or maps
Print reports
Use customized Business Views gleaned from the same information to provide each reader with information he or she needs to know without spilling all the beans, sales figures, marketing information, or whatever
Present multi-dimensional data in OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) cubes
Get ideas from sample reports on the companion Web site
Written by Allen G. Taylor, nationally known lecturer, teacher, and author of over 20 books, including Database Development for Dummies, Crystal Reports 10 For Dummies makes it crystal clear how to:
Store your information securely in Crystal Repository
Use Crystal Analysis 10 to display OLAP data so you and your report’s readers can analyze the information in an online environment
Use Crystal Enterprise to put Crystal Reports online for viewing by hundreds or thousands of people in your organization
Whether you want to dazzle your company’s CEO and shareholders, motivate the sales force, or simply share database information cogently, with Crystal Reports 10 For Dummies you not only make your point, you an impression. When your reports look professional, you look professional.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Crystal Reports 10 For Dummies
fantastic book writen in plain english - very easy to understand and locate specific information if used as a reference book. would highly recommend this for new users of crystal.
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This book was received in like new condition and within a very timely fashion. Thanks!
Rating: - good
a good book to get your feet wet. my first 'for dummies' book. I felt a tad foolish buying this, having written loads of programs in the last 18 years, but this book was very helpful getting me started on crystal reports.
Rating: - Crystal Reports 10- Yay!
This is not an intuitive program for me to use for reports and documents, but the book gave me some good pointers.
Rating: - The For Dummies Approach applied to Crystal Reports
The computer was going to eliminate paperwork. That's why Crystal Reports has sold about 13 million copies. Simply put, Crystal Reports is a database report writer.
Most of the data a business wants to look at is maintained in a database. How to produce a report that is customized for what you (or your boss) want to see can be done by going directly to the database, executing a query and then printing it out in a format that you want to see -- bah humbug. Who wants to go program all ... Read More
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